Alien Abduction (CON episode)

Alien Abduction
Broadcast on:	BBC Three
Broadcast with:	The Pandorica Opens
Series number:	5
Broadcast date:	19 June 2010 (full length) 20 June 2010 (Cut Down)
Runtime:	45 minutes (full length) 9'49" (Cut Down)
Key crew
Narrator:	Alex Price
Doctor Who Confidential
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Alien Abduction was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with The Pandorica Opens.

Aspects of production covered

• Filming all of the monster performers for the large-scale Underhenge scene where the Alliance arrive.
• Stunt performers doing the horse riding sequences.
• How the lighting team had to plan their lighting around the plot point of being only torch-lit (due to the Roman period).
• Tight and tense timing on filming the single daylight Stonehenge scene before it opened up to the public again.
• Design of the Underhenge, and how parts of the set were adapted from one of the Silurian sets.
• Getting Karen Gillan used to the flaming torches, for facing off against the Cybermen.

Additional topics covered

• The Pandorica speech and how it defines the Eleventh Doctor.
• The return of Rory, and how he's changed slightly as a person in the time since his apparent demise.

People interviewed

• Toby Haynes, Director, Episode 12
• Nicholas Briggs, Dalek Voice
• Alex Kingston, Professor River Song
• Karen Gillan, Amy Pond
• Matt Smith, The Doctor
• Steven Moffat, Head Writer
• Peter Bennett, Producer
• Tristan Peatfield, Art Director
• Stephan Pehrsson, Director of Photography, Episode 12
• Danny Hargreaves, Special Effects Supervisor
• Arthur Darvill, Rory Williams

Music list

• "Don't Break the Red Tape" by The Enemy
• "Invaders Must Die" by The Prodigy (also used in DCOM: Is There Life on Mars?)
• "Galloping Home (from 'The Adventures of Black Beauty')" by Denis King
• "I See You Baby" by Groove Armada
• "Between Two Lungs" by Florence + the Machine
• "Early Morning Song" by Bridget St John
• "Underdog" by Kasabian
• "Teardrop" by Massive Attack
• "The Map Room / Dawn (from 'Raiders of the Lost Ark')" by City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Album: The Indiana Jones Trilogy - New Recordings Of The Classic Scores
• "Black Hole" by Aqualung
• "This Fffire" by Franz Ferdinand (also used in DCOM: Script to Screen)
• "Kiss with a Fist" by Florence + the Machine
• "I Am The Robot (My Robot Friend Remix)" by My Robot Friend
• "Rock That Body" by The Black Eyed Peas
• "Voice of Calm" by Paul Mottram, Album: Orchestral, Pastoral ANW 1364
• "Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)" by Muse
• "Putcha In Da Graveyard" by Christopher Ashmore & Benjamin Marks, Album: Urban, Electronica & Hip Hop ANW 1438
• "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" by Travis
• "Gorecki" by Lamb (also used in DCOM: Sins of the Fathers)

Crew

• Graphics - Component Graphics
• Title Music - Slam & Saw Productions
• Camera - Aled Jenkins, Jon Rees
• Sound - Jon Thomas
• Runners - James Bowen, Claire Riley
• Researchers - Matthew Andrews, Stuart Laws
• Assistant Producers - James Brailsford, Hannah Williams
• Production Team Assistant - Emma Chapman
• Production Accountant - Kevin Rickwood
• Production Co-ordinator - Megan Pinches
• Production Manager - Katy Cartwright
• Production Executive - Stan Matthews
• Online Editor - Jeremy Lott
• Colourist - Jon Everett
• Dubbing Mixer - Mark Ferda
• Editor - Rob Mansell
• Edit Producers - Ian Hay, Nathan Landeg
• Executive Producer - Mark Cossey
• Executive Producers for Dr Who - Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger, Beth Willis
• Producer - Zoë Rushton
• Series Producer - Gillane Seaborne

Elements retained in Cut Down

to be added

Home video releases

Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series DVD & Blu-ray box set released on 8 November 2010.